Challenge

KIZIL ELMA
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Venezuela's Tomas Illescas started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After having played for 3 minutes, Alemdar Özaltay managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Kızıl Elma's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alemdar Özaltay was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 5th minute Tomas Illescas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Müslüm Vefik saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Müslüm Vefik showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 5th minute of the match. After 7 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Patricio Costa. Thanks to some nice moves Gürcan İlmen could shoot a difficult shot in the 10th minute, which Jonathan Ferrant however easily saved by the left post. 17 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gürcan İlmen. Jonathan Ferrant was out of position in the 19 minute of play, and Alemdar Özaltay capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Alemdar Özaltay really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. Alemdar Özaltay did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 3-0 to the left of a surprised Jonathan Ferrant 26 minutes into the match. A collision led to Kızıl Elma getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Bektaş Veli Aynacıoğlu hit a great ball. When Alemdar Özaltay came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the Kızıl Elma fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Alemdar Özaltay couldn't finish the play. 35 minutes into the game, Bektaş Veli Aynacıoğlu was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Kızıl Elma's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Venezuela the free kick. Patricio Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alemdar Özaltay charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alemdar Özaltay the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Kızıl Elma's Alemdar Özaltay got a free kick in the 41st minute. A collision led to Kızıl Elma getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Batıkan Üçok hit a great ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gürcan İlmen, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alemdar Özaltay, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 59 minutes of play, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Müslüm Vefik was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience was convinced that Gürcan İlmen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. Kızıl Elma made a substitution. Ahmet Gündüz Çeliksu replaced Alemdar Özaltay. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kızıl Elma's Ecevit Direm was substituted for Gürcan İlmen. When Tomas Illescas came up free with the goalie in the 71st minute, the Venezuela fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Tomas Illescas couldn't finish the play. After 75 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Camilo Gaos. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ahmet Gündüz Çeliksu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Batıkan Üçok scored 4-1 in the 78th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, Kızıl Elma's Bektaş Veli Aynacıoğlu got a free kick in the 82nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patricio Costa in the 84th minute of play forced Kızıl Elma's goalkeeper Müslüm Vefik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jonathan Ferrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ecevit Direm, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. Kızıl Elma were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Venezuela for a fine match.